plangency
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He sings with huskiness and nimbleness, plangency and viscosity — sometimes all of these at once.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
His piano sound tends to the percussive, achieving a relatively thin but tactile plangency.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2016
He was at his most captivating in the aria “Wenn der Freude Tränen Fliessen,” which he endowed with expressive plangency.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2016
In fact, her work — notwithstanding its overall plangency — could initially be mistaken for light verse.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2016
She was short of breath, so that her voice palpitated with a touching plangency that shook the man's heart.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
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